Manufacture of artificial stone.



IO6. COMPOSITIONS,

COATING OR PLASTIC.

UNITED STATES Patented June 9, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

MANUFAC TUIRE OF ARTIFICIAL STONE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN T. SALTIEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colo- 5 rado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manufacture of Artificial Stone, of which the following is a specification.

My discovery relates to the manufacture of IO artificial stone; and the invention therein which constitutes my improvementwill be stated in the claims appended hereto.

In making my composition I thoroughly mix while dry the following ingredients in [5 about the proportions stated, measured by volume, to wit: Granite from one-inch mesh to a powder, IIWS; iowdered or finecrushed lass or lass slzv two parts; sam grit or '3' par s; pe J es. thirteen parts; O can hard cinder-c 111 ms one to one-fourth inch IEFSIWIUIS 7 partshvdraulic cement fi fteen he 1161?? now we SOH- Gd and mixed with water in which has been stirred a liquid prepared as as follows: Add One-fourth pound of suet or tallow to one quart of rain or soft water, 01

mil and cool. Next add about three dozen crushed e -sh llsto one quart of vinear l g 1 ,an$ -.99 Q i ext take four quarts OY rain or soft water heat to lukewarm, and then add, preferably in the following order,

one quart of acetic acid then the suet sou i or tallow above escri e then the egg-shell and vinegar mixture, and then Iioil the same 3 5 and allow it to cool. From two to five quarts of this liquid is kept in sealed vessels until it is stirred in the water and used.

It has been found in practice that mycomposit-ion should be dampened and mixed to 40 about the consistency of plastic mortar. It

should not be so wet as to cause the cement to run away; but it is better to have it too wet than too dry. 011 a damp day the proportion of the liquid to the water may be increased.

When prepared as stated above, my composition is ready and suitable to be molded SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Application filed July 3, 1902. Serial No. 114,

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into tile, posts, or other desirable shapes, or it may be laid as a pavement or wall. It is as strong as granite and stands about the same wear. It is not aifected by the weather.

I do not claim herein the described process in the manufacture of artificial stone, since claims to the invention embodied in said process are made the subject of a separate and distinct application for a patent filed by me of date November 28, 1902.

I claim- 1? The composition herein described consisting of crushed granite, powdered or fine- 6c crushed glass, sand grit, clean hard cindercli'nkers, pebbles, hydraulic cement, ochers, rain-water suetor tallow soup, crushed eggshells boiled in vinegar, acetic acid and water in or about the proportions specified for use in artificial-stone making.

Artificial-stone-making components one of such components consisting of a dry mixture of crushed granite, fine-crushed glass, sand grit, hard cinder-clinkers, pebbles, hy- 7o draulic cement, and ochers, the other of said components consisting of aliquid mixture of soft-water suet or tallow soup, crushed eggshells boiled in vinegar, acetic acid and water, said components being united in and about the proportions specified.

An artificial-stone-making component consisting of a dry mixture of crushed granite, crushed glass, sand grit, hard cinderclinkers, pebbles, hydraulic cementand ochers and united in or about the proportions specified.

4. As a new manufacture for use in artificial-stone making, a compound consisting of crushed granite, crushed glass, sand grit, pebbles, cinder-clinkers, ochers, and hydraulic cement, reduced to the condition of plastic mortar for use by a liquid compound.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J OIIN T. SALTIEL.

Witnesses:

A. ROLAND JOHNSON, WELLs II. MOsEs. 

